What are the effects of rubbing the stomach clockwise and counterclockwise?

Tummy rubbing in Chinese medicine is known as belly rubbing or belly rubbing, clockwise for the diarrhea, food digestion (to promote food digestion), laxative and other effects; counterclockwise for the complementary method, spleen and diarrhea, and other effects. Kneading the abdomen, more commonly used in Chinese massage, more commonly known as belly rubbing. The operation of the complementary, diarrhea, flat complementary and different, such as clockwise operation for the diarrhea, commonly used in abdominal distension, constipation, food stagnation and other treatments, to play the role of elimination of food stagnation, laxative, etc.; counterclockwise for the complementary method, commonly used in the spleen and stomach weakness, diarrhea and other treatments to strengthen the spleen to stop the diarrhea. Clockwise and counterclockwise kneading the abdomen have their own different effects, but daily health care can also be used to alternate with the operation, to flat fill flat diarrhea. Specific use should be carried out under the guidance of professionals, should not be unauthorized operation.